Rutherglen railway station

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Rutherglen

Location

Place

Rutherglen

Local authority

South Lanarkshire

Operations

Station code

RUT

Managed by

First ScotRail

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Passenger Usage

2002/03 *

308,164

2004/05 **

422,752

Passenger Transport Executive

PTE

SPT

History

1 June 1849

Station opened

5 November 1979

WCML platform closed; opening of the Argyle Line

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Rutherglen railway station serves Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, lying on the Argyle Line. It is situated near the town centre. Before the Glasgow Central Low Level Line was re-opened, the station was originally on the main line, being situated just after the junction that connects the low level line with the West Coast Main Line. The old island platform is still in place although it has been abandoned for many years.

1 History
2 1979 station
- 2.1 Refurbishment
3 Argyle Line route through the station
4 External links

[edit] History

The original station on the WMCL opened on 1 June 1849, with services on the Glasgow Central Railway commencing on 1 November 1895. Glasgow Central Railway services were withdrawn as part of the Beeching Axe on 5 October 1964. On 6 May 1974 the WCML was opened to electrified services which included Hamilton Circle services through the slow line island platform. This island platform was closed to passengers when the new island island platform opened for Argyle Line services using the reopened Glasgow Central Railway formation on 5 November 1979.

[edit] 1979 station

Access to the present platform, to the public, is by a large (covered) footbridge from the Main Street, over the high level railway (where the old platform was located) to stairs down to the island platform and ticket office. However, these stairs pose a problem to parents with prams and infirm persons who struggle with the steep angle they connect at. Although there is a level crossing at the opposite end, its use is only permitted for staff accessing the nearby First Engineering Training Centre.

[edit] Refurbishment

There are, however, plans to install both lifts and escalators at the station in the near future as part of the Scottish Executive's £4 million annual commitment to improving disabled access across Scotland's railway stations.

[edit] Argyle Line route through the station

The line runs from Dalmarnock direction (the north) through Rutherglen to connect with the West Coast Main Line and either diverges to the Whifflet route, or continues on the WCML towards Cambuslang before continuing to the southern ends of the Argyle Line (Hamilton Circle, Coatbridge Central, Lanark, Larkhall or Carstairs).

[edit] External links

Train times and station information for Rutherglen railway station from National Rail
Street map and aerial photo of Rutherglen railway station from Multimap.com

Preceding station		Following station
Cambuslang	First ScotRail Argyle Line	Dalmarnock
Historical Railways
End of Line	Caledonian Railway Glasgow Central Railway	Dalmarnock Line and station open
Cambuslang Line and station open	Caledonian Railway Clydesdale Junction Railway	End of Line
End of Line	Caledonian Railway Polloc and Govan Railway and others	Glasgow Central (High Level) Line and station open